Display box and sign holder



June 9, 1-925. 1 1,541,354

H. HARRISON DISPLAY BOX AND SIGN HOLDER Filed May 9, 1924 Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES HENRY HARRISON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY 'BOX AND SIGN HOLDER.

Application filed May 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY I'IARRISON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Boxes and. Sign Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display boxes and sign holders for use in the display of goods, wares and merchandise of various kinds.

Its object is to produce at low manufacturing cost for said purpose an attractive box comprising a sign structure for holding a card sign in plainly visible position and adapted preferably for quick changes of the signs usually in the form of printed cards. Another object of the invention is to, produce a sign holder useful of and by itself. In the box construction, the sign holder forms a side of the box and the box itself supports the sign holder in a position for reading the sign. \Vhere the sign holder used without the box for supporting it in reading position, the sign holder is provided with a back leg that takes the place of the box as a support.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating the invention,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a display box containing the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a box showing the sign holder in place.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the display box with its sign holder removed and with its sign supporting, front end side in place.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section at line 4.4 of Fig. 1 for further illustration of the construction of the sign holder, and

Fig. 5 is a modification in which the sign holder instead of being supported at a rearward portion of the box, is supported in upstanding position by a back leg.

Fi 6 is an end view of what is shown in Fig. 0.

In the drawings, 1 is the bottom, 2 the back side and 3 the parallel ends of an open top box. The fifth side of this open top, rectangular box comprises a sign holder a member of which forms the remaining upstanding side at. Preferably, the front ends of the two sides 3 are upwardly and rearwardly inclined and the side 4, which may be fixed to the remainder of the box in any desired way, forms what is usually con- 1924. Serial No. 711,978.

sidered the front side or end of the box in which goods of various kinds may be displayed.

The front surface of the side 4 is made with a continuous margin 5 of reduced thick ness leaving an enclosed, rectangular portion (3 that forms the back for an inserted card sign. The two forwardly projecting edges 7 and the bottom edge 8 of this back forming portion 6 are Hat and at right angles to the margin. The upper edge of the projecting portion 6 is lengthwise grooved at 9 between its lengthwise, front corner and the adjacent margin so as to form a lengthwise extending tongue 10, along said upper front corner. A rectangular frame comprising side pieces 11 is made as a detachable at tachment for the projecting portion 6. On their back sides, the frame pieces are recessed in a Well known manner to form the flanges 13 for overlapping the front marginal portions of card signs. One of the frame sides is cut away along its back surface to form a card receiving slot 14-. The under side of the upper frame piece is formed with a lengthwise extending groove 15 for the reception of the tongue 10 when the frame is snapped in place, on the edges of the projection 6, the interior walls of the frame being dimensioned snugly to fit on the edges of the frame piece with the tongue 10 held in the groove 15 for holding the two parts together. This construction is simple, convenient, avoids the use of brads or glue and forms a card sign holder which may be painted or coated in any desired way, leaving the slot 14; as an entrance through which a card sign 16 may be slid edgewise into place with its back against the front surface of the projecting part (3 and with its front i'nargins under the frame margins. The open top box thus forms a rearward support for holding the sign holder in an upright position which is preferably inclined upwardly and rearwardly for easier reading of the card sign. The card signs may be changed so that their reading matter will correspond to the contents displayed in the box.

If it is desired to use the card sign holder as a counter or desk sign or card holder, the box structure back of the front side a may be dispensed with and the side 4c and frame be used as a unitary structure. In this case the rear surface of the side i is shown provided with a headed stud 17, the head projecting rearwardly of the back surface and the back surface or the side 4, forms a knock-down means for holding the card sign holder upright in readable position.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, adisplay box comprising an upstanding card sign holder forming a side of the box, said holder be'i-i'ig constructed to permit card signs to be re'i'novably held visibly in the holder and the holder comprising a side member having a flat, sign back supporting portion formed with a margin reduced in thickness and also comprising a frame provided with a card receiving slot; the frame and the sign back supporting in'ember being provided with interlocking means for holding them in assemblage.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a card sign holdercomprising a. fiat back piece having margins reduced in thickness and a card sign supporting portion enclosed by said margins combined with a frame having its side margins opposed to the aforesaid margins and to the margins of said supporting portion, said supportiiig portion and the tt'ran'i'e being provided with interlocking members whereby they may be snapped into assen'iblage' and held together.

3. In the combination set forth in claim 2, said frai'ne being provided with a slot located and dimensioned to permit a card sign to he slid into and out of place within the frame and against said back portion.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 23rd day of April A. D. 1924.

HENRY HARRISON.

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